Definition of Single bed

1. Noun. A bed for one occupant.

Generic synonyms: Bed
Specialized synonyms: Hospital Bed

Definition of Single bed

1. Noun. A standard-sized bed, usually for the use of only one person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Single Bed

single-spaced
single-spaces
single-spacing
single-strand binding protein
single-strand break
single-stranded
single-track
single-valued
single-valued function
single-valued functions
single-wide
single-wides
single-word
single annulus
single ascertainment
single bed (current term)
single beds
single bond
single cell protein
single celled
single channel recording
single combat
single combats
single cream
single crochet
single crystal
single crystals
single currency
single curve
single dwelling

Literary usage of Single bed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... you combat till you both were dead, 'wo lovers cannot share a single bed. 400 .s therefore both are equal in degree, he lot of both be left to destiny. ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"The next group, B, consists of two regular and excellent beds, which are generally united as a single bed, though always divided by a streak of slate or ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"C is usually a group of small unworkable befc producing white or gray-ash coal.*. D is s single bed of pure white-ash coal, ..."

4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"I dwell, therefore, only on one point more in favour of the single bed, and that is to enforce the lesson that under the single-bed system it is rendered ..."

5. The Bench and Bar of Cleveland by James Harrison Kennedy, Wilson Miles Day (1889)
"It was clearly proved that the defendant had not for fifteen years slept in the bed which he had taken, and that he had used the single bed for some ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"D is a single bed of pure white-ash coal, generally from б to 10 ft. thick. E is the celebrated mammoth, which is a single bed from 20 to 70 ft. thick in ..."

7. A Development of the Principles and Plans on which to Establish Self by Robert Owen (1841)
"A Floor with temporary partitions, to contain 8 double Bed-rooms and 4 single Bed-rooms, and 4 Apartments. Fig. 5. A Floor with temporary partitions, ..."

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